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The weather has been really unpredictable since I last posted on this 2010 Ibanez GRX70DX. The neck ended up hanging for a few days indoors, and perhaps that was for the best. Took it off the hook when we had a few hours of strong sunlight one day, and proceeded with steel-wooling, waxing and polishing. The back of the neck is not as sleek as I would have liked it to be, but at least it's now protected from the elements by clear coats and beeswax.
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| Waxing in Progress |
With the back of the neck taken care of, I was able to condition the rosewood fretboard with lemon oil and polish the frets. I also checked the fretboard radius, which turned out to be 16 inches. The new nut had yet to be installed at this stage, as the neck had to be set up properly first.
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| Fretboard Radius is 16" |
And so, after the new Korean #0986 and "butterfly" string trees were installed, it was time to reattach the neck. The neck pitch anomaly detected earlier was corrected with a neck pocket shim, and the guitar strung with PRS Classic 9-42s. The new nut was installed after this, and the slots deepened a wee bit to get the action just right. With the strings tuned to pitch, there was some upper fret buzz, so the truss rod needed to be loosened a tad. The images you see below were taken right after final action and intonation adjustments, and a playing test.
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| This GRX70DX is Finally Ready |
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| FAT-6 Bridge All Nice and Shiny |
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| Fretboard, Frets and New Strings |
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| New Nut, String Trees and Tuners |
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